The Bridge

OrigamiRobot

15:01

@GrayStoat I just assumed it was another crazy British spelling.

pixel

why do people on the internet in general not understand the difference between there/they're/their/your/you're/etc?

OrigamiRobot

@pixel The worst is when people say "use/suppose to"

fbueckert

@pixel Because the internet caters to lowest common denominator, which tends to be morons.

user15026

@fbueckert Pretty much this.

pixel

@fbueckert Really need an IQ test as part of signing up for an ISP account imo

user15026

15:05

@pixel Then the internet would be a very quiet place

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'd be OK with that.

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn Blissfully so

pixel

@AshleyNunn Fine by me

Blem

@fbueckert and people who like cats!

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn You're a librarian right?

user15026

15:06

@GrayStoat I never said it would be bad :P

user15026

@GrayStoat Not technically, but sorta?

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn Imagine all the internet in a library.

fbueckert

Although, an IQ test isn't enough! We also have to make sure they're not of a deviant or creepy nature, or we'll end up with people like violentacrez.

tiddy

It would be boring

user15026

@GrayStoat It would be a large library

Gray Stoat

15:07

@AshleyNunn Full of people looking up naughty things and tittering

user15026

@GrayStoat That's nothing new.

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn Ha. Imagine if it were 90% though

And the pings. My god the pings

user15026

I kinda picture the library from Doctor Who but less creepy

Grace Note

@pixel I don't think this is just the internet so much as just a general fact. Internet just makes it more noticeable due to its prominence and accessibility.

user15026

@GraceNote This. We notice it more because it is all written

pixel

15:09

@GraceNote mmh

tiddy

Apparently we also think everyone on the internet is a native english speaker

Grace Note

I imagine high school teachers and college professors would tell you about how often they still see us losing the war against the giants of Mispelheim.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn We notice it more because you can't hear a difference in spelling. :P

pixel

My trolling of the WoW forums has been a success

So many more unhappy gamers in the world

user15026

@tiddy The globalization of the internet amuses me, because it is still seen as a very Anglocentric thing

pixel

15:12

@tiddy I will openly say it, I find that the particular mistake I was mentioning is made more by English and American people than people who can't even speak English

tiddy

@AshleyNunn I think the internet in 10 years will be unrecognizable from the one of today. Assuming of course that the middle east still has electricity

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn It still is an Anglocentric thing.

@tiddy They have all the oil. Much more likely we won't have electricity

pixel

@GrayStoat What percentage of the electricity used in the western parts of the world is generated using oil do you think?

fbueckert

@GrayStoat Speak for yourself. We generate electricity through more environmentally friendly means.

user15026

@GrayStoat I agree. But it amuses me more in the sense that we hold everyone to this idea that they be as educated and as eloquent as the average American, for example.

Grace Note

15:13

@tiddy Yes, not knowing English first will lead to a propagation of the misspelling, should they do it, but even within the US and from native English speakers, this is still a terribly common error (perhaps even more common, as pixel notes). Definitely not as standout, too.

fbueckert

@pixel Or coal; coal's huge in certain areas of the states.

user15026

@tiddy I think that is a safe assumption, everything changes over time

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn As educated as the average American seems a very low bar to me.

tiddy

@GraceNote I'm aware

pixel

@AshleyNunn as the average American? I wasn't looking at reducing the standard of communication, I was hoping for an improvement!

;)

user2334

15:14

I just want to overuse idiomatic speech, is that so wrong?

user15026

@pixel I am not really speaking to improving or not improving, simply at what is

user15026

@GrayStoat Look at most of online communication - its not that low of a bar, in the sense that it makes a lot of sense as the general state of communication

user15026

@MarkTrapp We all have wants. :P

fbueckert

@GrayStoat It really is.

user2334

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

user2334

15:16

Temba, his arms wide

Gray Stoat

As a British person, this is roughly what I picture when I think 'average American':

fbueckert

Average American education gives us such gems as Yahoo Answers.

user15026

@fbueckert That it does

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn In the future all will be piped through Google Translate, and all language will be poorly realized

user15026

The areas of the internet "free from" that sort of communication are relatively small, comparative to the size of the internet

tiddy

15:17

@fbueckert I didn't know you were an American

user15026

@GrayStoat I wonder if that will lead to a creation of a "global' language?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn And is the primary reason why I don't frequent areas of the net where the height of class and humor is, "herpderp, I made a funny!"

user2334

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn It's a possibility. I'm sure there's some SF out there

user2334

Funny, this is what I picture every British person as!

tiddy

15:17

Aren't the Pogues an irish band?

Gray Stoat

@MarkTrapp We are a bunch of racists in here aren't we?

tiddy

I'm not sure

ah Celtic

nvm

user2334

@tiddy Ireland, that's like the New Jersey of Great Britain, right?

Gray Stoat

@MarkTrapp Pretty accurate.

user15026

@fbueckert Aye, I tend to avoid places where I can't have full sentences and actual words

tiddy

15:18

He actually had his teeth fixed finally

Gray Stoat

@MarkTrapp It's like the Alaska

tiddy

Though his face is still the same...

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Dare I even ask who that is?

user2334

@fbueckert I have no idea. I just GISed "ugly british people"

tiddy

Shane MacGowan

And HE is actually Irish. Band is from London though

OrigamiRobot

15:20

He is also constantly drunk.

tiddy

No that's just how his face looks

pixel

@OrigamiRobot Irish, what do you expect?

Ronan Forman

@tiddy Ireland is part of Britain.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm very fond of my brain cells. Places that use leet speak and murder the English language make them commit suicide. Hence, I save them from that fate by not frequenting those areas.

OrigamiRobot

@tiddy Aside from that.

fbueckert

15:20

@tiddy The name helps me nothing! Nothing, I say. Goes Googling

pixel

@RonanForman depends which part of Ireland you mean

user15026

@fbueckert Aye, that strikes me as a fair way to go about it

user2334

@RonanForman can't tell if you're serious or also playing along

pixel

@RonanForman Britain = UK Scotland Wales and N Ireland

tiddy

@Ronan Did I say something that needed that claification?

Ronan Forman

15:21

Ireland is in Great Britain, but only Northen Ireland is in the UK.

Gray Stoat

►

Ronan Forman

Britain != UK

Gray Stoat

Just watch it

pixel

hence I said Britain, with no 'Great'

user2334

Great Britain is the biggest island in the British Isles. Ireland is not part of GB

Gray Stoat

15:21

@MarkTrapp Neither is NI

user2334

Correct

Gray Stoat

But NI is part of Team GB

I wish there was a way to make this more confusing

user2334

Great Britain = the island, Lesser Britain = Brittany

Gray Stoat

@MarkTrapp Little Britain = comedy show.

user2334

Also a town in New York.

Ronan Forman

15:23

So are you British if you're from the British Isles?

Gray Stoat

London is the capital of Ontario?

pixel

@MarkTrapp yes but New York is just York with the word 'new' stuck on the front of it

user2334

@pixel New York is best York

Gray Stoat

@RonanForman Just like you're American if you come from the Americas

tiddy

@RonanForman What did I say that needed that clarification? You directed it at me. Was I just the lucky recipient of a random Ronan trivia nugget?

Gray Stoat

15:23

@MarkTrapp Disagree, York is wonderful

user2334

@GrayStoat Yes, but only South Americans believe that. 'MERICA

OrigamiRobot

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

2

pixel

@MarkTrapp only because York in the UK is a collection of fields and people with funny accents

Gray Stoat

@OrigamiRobot Wasn't Bombay/Mumbai also New Amsterdam?

Ronan Forman

@tiddy you seemed to specify Irish over British, when both are true.

OrigamiRobot

15:24

@GrayStoat That was not covered in the song.

Ronan Forman

I'm going to proper York in a couple of weeks.

Gray Stoat

pixel

I live too close to York to call it a visit

Gray Stoat

@RonanForman 'tis a fine place

Ronan Forman

@GrayStoat Might be going to Uni there.

user2334

15:25

@OrigamiRobot been a long time gone

Gray Stoat

@RonanForman 'tis a fine Uni

My sister went there

Ronan Forman

@GrayStoat Thank 'ya fine sir

OrigamiRobot

@MarkTrapp Now it's Turkish delight, on a moonlit night.

pixel

the sounds people make up in this part of the country when they open their mouths to talk confuse me

I wish I lived down south again

user2334

@OrigamiRobot that's nobody's business but the Turks

Gray Stoat

15:26

@pixel 'ey up

user2334

WE ARE RUINING THIS SONG

tiddy

@RonanForman I didn't. I specified Ireland over London.

pixel

@GrayStoat noooo

Gray Stoat

@pixel luv

pixel

calling me luv or duck

Gray Stoat

15:27

What term of endearment do they use where you are?

pixel

probably my two biggest hates in the world

Gray Stoat

petal is good, think that's around Durham

OrigamiRobot

@MarkTrapp It's ok, I can only imagine the Tiny Toons version when I hear it

Ronan Forman

@GrayStoat I think I'm in the duck region.

pixel

I am not a duck and I do not love you.

3

user15026

15:28

@pixel Now I am sad

pixel

@AshleyNunn I have all the love in the world of Canada

Ronan Forman

Oh, what about poppet?

pixel

if only it weren't so cold

Gray Stoat

@RonanForman My parents were still recovering from North when I was growing up, got that one a lot

OrigamiRobot

@pixel You'd hate it here, darlin.

pixel

15:29

@OrigamiRobot Don't you live in N Carolina or something

Gray Stoat

@pixel The North: Cold, wet, and full of people who can't speak trying to love you as a duck

OrigamiRobot

@pixel This is the truth.

user15026

@pixel It's not so bad - we have hot chocolate and blankies.

pixel

I have hot chocolate and blackies

2

its varying degrees of cold that I can't stand

Gray Stoat

@pixel Don't get out of bed: problem solved

pixel

15:30

I can't get cold and then warm up

Gray Stoat

I have a cold coming on so I'm planning on not leaving the house for a few days

pixel

@GrayStoat that is the problem

Lazers

0

Q: Why does my minecraft keep crashing on my linux ubuntu?

Minecraft has crashed! ---------------------- Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem; Failed to start game This error has been saved to /home/waffleman1230/.minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2012-11-06_09.58.46-client.txt for your convenience. Please includ...

0

Q: What are the strengths of each grenade type?

There are 3 grenade types in Halo 4 (frag, plasma, and pulse). Frag and plasma return from previous games, but they have not behaved exactly the same in all previous installments. Pulse is completely new for Halo 4. As I cart around my duffle bag full of grenades, in what circumstances does ea...

halo-4

0

Q: Borderlands Co-Op Lan Play - Guns and Ammo

I have the PS3 version of this game, but I've never played online. My friend and I are considering buying the PC version so we could play co-op on our PCs. Can someone tell me how ammo and gun drops are handled in co-op? Are they all 'free-for-all' or do we each get our own. Does the distribu...

borderlands

0

Q: How to increase the coin income per tap, in Curiosity?

In his presentation of the Curiosity app, Peter Molyneux said that there are ways (based of rhythm, maybe?) to increase the amount of coins you earn, per tap. Also, in the "info screen" from the Curiosity app, it is said that there are skill mechanics that you will need to master Tappin...

curiosity

pixel

:P

badp

QUESTIONS

OrigamiRobot

15:30

SHUT UP @LAZERS

pixel

When the ambient air in my room is freezing as I wake up, I can't get out of bed

Gray Stoat

@pixel Problem?

Find a job you can do from your bed, no problem

Ronan Forman

@GrayStoat Bow-chicha-bow-wow?

pixel

@Lazers Didn't Peter Molyneux also say that inside the cube is something mind blowing? Guess he conned you twice with one game then...

@GrayStoat It is a problem, when I am in bed I fall asleep

Gray Stoat

@RonanForman I believe it's more commonly referred to as 'bow-chicka-wow-wow'

@pixel The cube game is hilarious

I'm really enjoying the joke

OrigamiRobot

15:32

@GrayStoat Only if you're a heathen

Gray Stoat

It's a parody of the whole minimal input/pay to win genre

It's beautiful

user15026

I don't get the point of it, to be honest.

pixel

@GrayStoat sure, useful to keep all the gullible people in the same place though, just in case we ever need to convince them all of the second coming of Christ or something.

user15026

It strikes me as a publicity stunt in the worst way

Gray Stoat

I hope the centre of the cube shows how many man-hours of time were wasted tapping a stupid cube

SaintWacko

15:33

What's this?

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn But they're aware of what they're created, it's a hilarious joke

@SaintWacko A game where you break blocks on a cube. You can pay $50k (yes k) for a pick that lets you break blocks faster.

SaintWacko

@GrayStoat o.0

user15026

@GrayStoat It is beautiful and terrible all at once.

SaintWacko

What's the point of it?

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn It's great fun to watch

@SaintWacko To find out what's inside the cube

SaintWacko

15:34

@GrayStoat I think I'll just wait til it's reported on the internet :P

user15026

@GrayStoat It entertains me as people try to figure out what it is

Gray Stoat

It's like zynga, but art

user15026

@GrayStoat I hesitate to call it art

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn Me too. The whole thing is wonderfully conceived.

@AshleyNunn I've seen much more tenuous art

user15026

@GrayStoat This is true, I suppose

Gray Stoat

15:36

@AshleyNunn This is complex in its simplicity. A beautiful machine of PR, marketing and game design

user15026

@GrayStoat And it gets at the desire for a life change and a glorious surprise and being the chosen

Gray Stoat

@AshleyNunn Despite not knowing what that even is, which somehow makes it more desirable.

SaintWacko

Also, I want to go home and play Halo 4

pixel

oh

I missed last week's big bang theory

downloads

user15026

@GrayStoat The lure of the unknown

badp

15:38

@pixel there's nothing inside the cube right?

SaintWacko

@badp That would be hilarious

badp

ZOMG IT'S NOT THE DESTINATION IT'S THE TRIP

pixel

@badp I read a quote last week where Peter used a string of words that made me publicly cry bullshit

I can't find the quote

it was along the lines of the contents of the cube being [life or world] changing

Gray Stoat

@pixel Peter is a clever man. He knows full well what he's doing

fbueckert

@GrayStoat Which is basically BSing the crap out of the world.

Gray Stoat

15:40

@fbueckert Yup. Pull up a chair, grab some popcorn.

SaintWacko

I really shouldn't read Heinlein at work

I keep having to quickly turn a laugh into a cough

fbueckert

@GrayStoat Kinda like that dev for Dark Souls; where he told people to take the pendant gift or nothing at all.

Gray Stoat

@fbueckert ?

user15026

@SaintWacko What book are you reading?

pixel

Last game I ever played that he had anything to do with was Black and White

SaintWacko

15:41

@AshleyNunn The Number of the Beast

user15026

@SaintWacko I haven't gotten to that one yet. :)

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn It's one of my favorites

user15026

I am not even convinced it is openable, the cube I mean

fbueckert

@GrayStoat My understanding is that everyone took the pendant, hoping for something cool to happen later on, but he admits there's nothing there, he was playing a joke on the entire community.

agent86

15:57

man, where were you TMBG quoters the other day. I totally quoted Ana Ng and nobody knew wtf I was talking about.

I FELT OLD AND ALONE

2

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 I still don't know

Wipqozn

@agent86 That's because you are old.

agent86

@Wipqozn :(

3

OrigamiRobot

What? Nedroid is blocked? I NEED MY BEARTATO!

user15026

I love this class. The prof is quoting the Guild, and discussing Second Life and cannibalism and Stack Exchange

user15026

16:02

THIS CLASS IS OFFICIALLY RIDICULOUS

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot The last update was October 26th, so you're not missing a new comic.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I haven't looked at it in a while and I want to see all the old ones.

Wipqozn

Ah, okay.

Well, in that case...

lHAHAHAH THAT COMIC IS FUNNY! YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY BEARTATO!

oh wow, HAHAH THAT WAS A NTOHER GOOD ONE!

I sure would hate to not be able to read these comics right now.

That would suck

OrigamiRobot

Knife one!

user15026

@Wipqozn You are a terrible person and you should feel bad

2

Wipqozn

16:03

@AshleyNunn Thank you. I try.

user15026

@Wipqozn You do it so well.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn You try to feel bad? Wow, you suck at even normal human responses.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Try to be a terrible person.

user15026

@Wipqozn Hey, I can't help it, I tell people when they do things that fascinate me

Wipqozn

Come on @fbueckert, I'm a tortoise, if you can't keep up with me you're wy too slow.

fbueckert

16:05

@Wipqozn No, I think you've got that down pat. You don't need to try at that.

Wipqozn

1 min ago, by Wipqozn

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I'm deliberately slowing myself down so you think I can't keep up.

It's the only way you can feel superior every now and then.

user15026

@fbueckert That is very evil tricksy of you

Wipqozn

►

fbueckert

Now, I have actual work that needs to get done. So you may continue to feel superior for a bit longer.

Ullallulloo

16:07

@Fluttershy I'd like one.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo HEATHEN

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot D:

OrigamiRobot

I don't actually have an opinion, I just want to be popular.

2

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot We know.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I understand, but you are fine just the way you are!

fbueckert

16:10

@AshleyNunn And if he isn't, he's a robot! We can fix him so he conforms!

user15026

@fbueckert Shhh, don't tell him that!

OrigamiRobot

I'm just happy to be included.

Gray Stoat

@OrigamiRobot Then play devil's advocate

It's like trolling but it sounds better

OrigamiRobot

Trolling is an art.

Wipqozn

Aug 22 '11 at 1:33, by GnomeSlice ツ

0

Q: How do I Mash Potatoes?

Whenever I try to make mashed potatoes, I end up with an excruciatingly sore forehead and a huge mess. And that stuff takes FOREVER to get out of your hair. What am I doing wrong?

potatoes

GnomeSlice

16:16

@Wipqozn That's nowhere near as good as the 'how to unbake a cake' one.

I wish I thought of that.

user15026

From joystiq - "As for what's actually inside the cube, that is now public knowledge. And it is - drumroll please - a video link, which actually explains what's really inside the cube. So what's actually in the video? It could be instructions for how to find the secret treasures of Xanadu, or maybe all of Molyneux's hopes and dreams somehow condensed into five seconds of footage"

Wipqozn

-6

Q: How to unbake a cake?

I baked a cake and realized I added 1 less egg than I suppose to. I like to unbake the cake and add the egg. Then I like to bake it again. Please help. Thanks in advance. Problem?

baking eggs cake

5

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Heeheehee, that's awesome.

Gray Stoat

@OrigamiRobot Trolling is a art

Wipqozn

12 mins ago, by Wipqozn

►

OrigamiRobot

16:19

@GrayStoat The best part is, either way is trolling now.

Gray Stoat

@OrigamiRobot Troll

OrigamiRobot

~~Oh are we starring everything now?~~ Guess not.

3

Gray Stoat

@OrigamiRobot Looks like your star's flickering there, might need to get it replaced

This is excellent fun

pixel

bored now

GnomeSlice

Which company is the biggest douchebag, though...

Gray Stoat

16:25

@GnomeSlice Probably Facebook. It's so shameless

GnomeSlice

@GrayStoat I dunno, Apple is a pretty big douchebag.

pixel

I would say Microsoft, on account of all the corpses of other companies they left in their wake during their existence

Gray Stoat

@GnomeSlice Less of a douchebag more a straight-up bully.

@pixel s/Microsoft/Apple/, or Google, etc. etc.

pixel

@GrayStoat Chronologically, Microsoft did it first, the rest followed by example :p

Gray Stoat

@pixel s/Microsoft/IBM/

pixel

16:27

@GrayStoat IBM isn't on the list

Gray Stoat

@pixel Arguably they started it all

pixel

sure but they're not on the list!

GnomeSlice

pixel

@GrayStoat you are one of those people who draws checkboxes on questionnaires to add your own specific answer to each question, aren't you?

Religion: [X] Jedi

GnomeSlice

@pixel I do that sometimes.

Gray Stoat

16:30

@GnomeSlice Eh. I understand enough economics to know that that's not a bad thing.

@pixel Nooooo.....

OrigamiRobot

@GrayStoat Man, I keep reading you name as StrayGoat. I think you should change it to that.

pixel

@OrigamiRobot its ok, it took me a week to work out who it was

Gray Stoat

@GnomeSlice 6 billion spent within the US on printing, marketing, production, events etc. etc. is a good thing when there's a poor economy

GnomeSlice

OrigamiRobot

Oh, I know who it is. I just can't read the name correctly.

Gray Stoat

16:31

@OrigamiRobot I'm actually a Snote, but people around here don't think that's a real thing :'(

fbueckert

@GrayStoat Economy and massive debt are the problems. Yes, spending money to get out of recession is a good thing. Spending far beyond your means and continuing to rack up debt is not, however.

And the US debt just continues to grow.

Gray Stoat

@fbueckert Spending too much externally (say, on Chinese stuff) is bad. Spending it internally is good.

pixel

@GrayStoat Meth coated donuts?

@fbueckert wasn't it you who was watching continuum?

Gray Stoat

@pixel Donut coated meth

fbueckert

@pixel Indeed

pixel

16:34

@GrayStoat either way... meth is bad

Gray Stoat

@pixel mmmmkay?

GnomeSlice

 Free tune!!!! This is a piss take bootleg of Push It To The Limit from the movie Scar Face. This track is a piece of shit. I played it in Adelaide a few years ago and they asked for the reload but they were all on meth. We even saw this guy sniffing glue in the middle of town and a bit of glue was hanging off his nose and the glue looked at me. Take it, play it, laugh at it, rofl at it possibly while mayoing.

Release/catalogue number: 8==0

pixel

@fbueckert isn't the US national debt getting bought out by companies the back story to how that happened?

@GrayStoat mmkay!

GnomeSlice

heh

pixel

@fbueckert and do you know if/when season 2 happens?

fbueckert

16:35

@pixel Companies basically take over the US, and abolish the government entirely.

@pixel I have no idea, but I sincerely hope so.

pixel

@fbueckert oh good, so my memory isn't that bad

brb hometime

Gray Stoat

@fbueckert 'MURICA

fbueckert

@GrayStoat That's essentially what's happening now.

It's an interesting show. The fact that it happens in Canada amuses me.

Gray Stoat

@fbueckert Well quite.

fbueckert

@Pixel Apparently, Season 2 has been greenlit and is in production

OrigamiRobot

16:38

The only season 2 I care about is Legend of Korra

GnomeSlice

IndieGameStand's daily deal today is Gimbal, the multiplayer space shooter.

Fluttershy

@Ullallulloo I'll send you one when I get off work!

Ullallulloo

@Fluttershy Awesome! :)

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot That amulet I linked is worth ~10 mil or so.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I don't even understand the current economy

fbueckert

16:46

@OrigamiRobot Neither do I.

That Skorn of mine was pretty damn awesome.

But I got all of 1.5 mil for it.

GnomeSlice

Oh God it snowed yesterday

Fuck you, Picard.

KitFox

Writer's Chat in The Overlook is starting now. Today we provide support and encouragement to National Novel Writing Month participants. All are welcome, especially the curious.

pixel

OH GOD ITS LIKE -2 IN HERE

SaintWacko

Yeah, it got cold again this morning -.-

GnomeSlice

@KitFox uururgrggagagrgrhagrgahrgrgrgrrgruuuroogogoh

fbueckert

16:56

@pixel Where the crap is your furnace?

KitFox

@GnomeSlice Hi Gnomy.

GnomeSlice

@KitFox Hello. =]

pixel

@fbueckert Furnace?

fbueckert

@pixel It's -2. That means you need something to keep your house warm, no?

SaintWacko

@KitFox Is that considered a traditional greeting from him?

fbueckert

16:57

Unless you use a boiler or other heating method.

@SaintWacko Yes. Yes, it is.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Or a lava pool

KitFox

@SaintWacko It's our secret handshake.

SaintWacko

@KitFox Ah, I see

pixel

@fbueckert when you said furnace I saw like a large blasting furnace for pottery or something

was like, I want to get warm, not leave a fiery mess of rubble

SaintWacko

@pixel A kiln?

fbueckert

16:59

@pixel I live in a country where it hits -40 for weeks on end. Furnaces are sort of required for survival.

pixel

> In British English, a furnace is an industrial furnace used for many things, such as the extraction of metal from ore (smelting) or in oil refineries and other chemical plants, for example...

but yes, it would be a kiln for pottery

fbueckert

@pixel In Canada, it means the contained firebox that makes sure your house is warm.

GnomeSlice

Pretty sure I call my home heating unit 'the furnace'.

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